Re: Maths and Physics

Originally posted by face_master This may sound dumb, but I'd just like to know what Maths and Physics have to do with programming. I mean, why are they important to learn to use in programming, if they are at all...

-Chris

Physics is nothing to do with programming at all......but is a very interesting subject, concerning the very nature of our existance.

but mathematics is !! when you are presented with a problem, and need to program a solution, you will use mathematics and formulas etc

Well considering computers are build off of mathematical concepts I'd say their is a close relationship. That's why many of the first programmers were actually mathematicians (it's a logical thinking thing). An interesting thing is they also tried to take musicians too because music has a great deal to do with math (if you get into music theory), turns out their brains are wired similar.

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?

Physics

Physics is neccecary in much 3D programming, because you will need to do stuff like collision detection and the likes. heh, no one really thinks of this in games but gravity is a big one, droping grenades and stuff, thats half physics (gravity big) and your math bit comes in here with the creation of a parabola and etc, to go into more detail if it hits a wall it will bounce off with X ammount of force and so on and so forth.